Lazio vs Hellas Verona, 2019-20 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ALazio draw with Hellas Verona to match record unbeaten run but stay third
Lazio stretched their unbeaten run in Serie A to a club record 17 games but missed out on second spot in a frustrating 0-0 home draw against Verona
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 3': Francesco Acerbi (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Valerio Verre (Verona).
- 6': Francesco Acerbi (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Offside, Verona. Marash Kumbulla tries a through ball, but Fabio Borini is caught offside.
- 9': Foul by Lucas Leiva (Lazio).
- 9': Mattia Zaccagni (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Ciro Immobile (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 14': Foul by Marco Faraoni (Verona).
- 16': Foul by Valerio Verre (Verona).
- 16': Manuel Lazzari (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Felipe Caicedo (Lazio).
- 20': Marash Kumbulla (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Mattia Zaccagni (Verona).
- 20': Lucas Leiva (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 20': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Felipe Caicedo.
- 22': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
- 22': Mattia Zaccagni (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 22': Foul by Senad Lulic (Lazio).
- 23': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 23': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Marash Kumbulla (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 25': Foul by Mattia Zaccagni (Verona).
- 25': Lucas Leiva (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Foul by Lucas Leiva (Lazio).
- 28': Attempt missed. Fabio Borini (Verona) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
- 29': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
- 29': Marash Kumbulla (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 34': Attempt missed. Felipe Caicedo (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
- 35': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Darko Lazovic.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Lucas Leiva (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 35': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Marash Kumbulla.
- 36': Attempt saved. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Felipe Caicedo.
- 37': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Marco Silvestri.
- 37': Attempt missed. Patric (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 38': Hand ball by Valerio Verre (Verona).
- 39': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
- 39': Mattia Zaccagni (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Mattia Zaccagni (Verona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Valerio Verre.
- 44': Attempt missed. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lucas Leiva.
- 45': Luis Alberto (Lazio) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Senad Lulic.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Radu with a cross.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Felipe Caicedo (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Fabio Borini (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
- 45'+1': Hand ball by Fabio Borini (Verona).
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Lazio 0, Verona 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Lazio 0, Verona 0.
- 47': Foul by Senad Lulic (Lazio).
- 47': Marco Faraoni (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Offside, Lazio. Patric tries a through ball, but Ciro Immobile is caught offside.
- 51': Foul by Fabio Borini (Verona).
- 51': Francesco Acerbi (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Offside, Verona. Marco Silvestri tries a through ball, but Mattia Zaccagni is caught offside.
- 53': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Patric.
- 53': Attempt missed. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 55': Attempt missed. Fabio Borini (Verona) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Valerio Verre.
- 60': Attempt saved. Darko Lazovic (Verona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Miguel Veloso.
- 62': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Lazzari with a cross.
- 63': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Lucas Leiva.
- 64': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 64': Francesco Acerbi (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Luis Alberto (Lazio) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
- 65': Foul by Fabio Borini (Verona).
- 65': Lucas Leiva (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Attempt missed. Valerio Verre (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marash Kumbulla following a fast break.
- 66': Attempt missed. Stefan Radu (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 68': Foul by Fabio Borini (Verona).
- 68': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Attempt missed. Valerio Verre (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
- 70': Substitution, Verona. Valentin Eysseric replaces Valerio Verre.
- 71': Substitution, Lazio. Jony replaces Senad Lulic.
- 71': Substitution, Lazio. Adam Marusic replaces Manuel Lazzari.
- 72': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 72': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Hand ball by Koray Günter (Verona).
- 74': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Lazio).
- 74': Valentin Eysseric (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Adam Marusic.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Fabio Borini (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross.
- 77': Hand ball by Jony (Lazio).
- 77': Jony (Lazio) is shown the yellow card.
- 78': Attempt missed. Miguel Veloso (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 80': Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Stefan Radu (Lazio).
- 80': Stefan Radu (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Marusic with a cross.
- 84': Attempt missed. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 84': Substitution, Lazio. Marco Parolo replaces Felipe Caicedo.
- 85': Attempt saved. Fabio Borini (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
- 85': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Thomas Strakosha.
- 86': Amir Rrahmani (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
- 87': Foul by Jony (Lazio).
- 87': Marco Faraoni (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Substitution, Verona. Pawel Dawidowicz replaces Fabio Borini.
- 90'+1': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
- 90'+1': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Jony.
- 90'+1': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Lucas Leiva.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Miguel Veloso with a cross.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Marash Kumbulla (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Offside, Verona. Pawel Dawidowicz tries a through ball, but Matteo Pessina is caught offside.
- 90'+3': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Marco Faraoni.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Marco Parolo (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jony with a cross.
- 90'+4': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Darko Lazovic.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 90'+4': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Marco Silvestri.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Lazio 0, Verona 0.
- 0': Match ends, Lazio 0, Verona 0.
Statistics
 VER |
LAZ |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 12 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 47.1 | Possession | 52.9 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 318 | Accurate Passes | 386 |
| 428 | Passes | 487 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 24 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 13 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 16 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 27 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 27 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 40,000
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 40,000
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 35 | +51 | 82 |
| 2 | Napoli | 35 | +19 | 70 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 35 | +19 | 67 |
| 4 | Juventus | 35 | +28 | 65 |
Line-Ups
Lazio (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Strakosha (GK) |
| 33 | Francesco Acerbi |
| 26 | Stefan Radu  |
| 4 | Patric |
| 10 | Luis Alberto |
| 21 | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic |
| 6 | Lucas Leiva |
| 19 | Senad Lulic |
| 29 | Manuel Lazzari |
| 17 | Ciro Immobile |
| 20 | Felipe Caicedo |
Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Silvestri (GK) |
| 21 | Koray Günter |
| 24 | Marash Kumbulla |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 32 | Matteo Pessina |
| 4 | Miguel Veloso |
| 88 | Darko Lazovic |
| 5 | Davide Faraoni |
| 14 | Valerio Verre |
| 20 | Mattia Zaccagni |
| 16 | Fabio Borini |
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